2025
March
2024
September
April
Working With Founders Who Have Conviction and Taste
Opening up a few spots for my active advisory practice
Opening up a few spots for my active advisory practice
March
LinkedIn is not a social or professional network, it's a learning network
The world of work needs a new script
The world of work needs a new script
How do You Cultivate Customer-Centric Executives?
Thinking about deep perspective change in executives
Thinking about deep perspective change in executives
February
January
Narrative Aircover & Compound Narrative
The narratives that nourish and sustain you as an independent consultant
The narratives that nourish and sustain you as an independent consultant
2023
October
June
April
February
January
2022
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
Reflecting on things I failed to get done at Google
A meditation on corporate frustration & autonomy
A meditation on corporate frustration & autonomy
April
March
February
January
2021
December
Thinking in Public with the Leaders of Consulting Podcast
Consulting and blogging - what's not to like?
Consulting and blogging - what's not to like?
Talking Buy-in and Budget with Ross at Siege Media
Appearing on the content and conversation podcast with Ross
Appearing on the content and conversation podcast with Ross
November
September
April
March
February
January
2020
December
Weak Ties & Strong Intros
How to find the “dark leads” hiding in your network to generate client work
How to find the “dark leads” hiding in your network to generate client work
November
September
August
July
June
Navigating Power & Status
How to get things done inside organizations by understanding power potholes and status switching
How to get things done inside organizations by understanding power potholes and status switching
May
April
Library JSON - A Proposal for a Decentralized Goodreads
V0.1 for an experimental open bookshelf spec
V0.1 for an experimental open bookshelf spec
March
February
January
Building an ebook version of Journey to the End of the Night for Erin
Technical specs and lessons learned trying to make a picture book "work" on the web
Technical specs and lessons learned trying to make a picture book "work" on the web
2019
December
November
October
September
July
June
How (and why) to roll your own frameworks in consulting engagements
And the power of making simple, true frameworks with clients
And the power of making simple, true frameworks with clients
Planting new varietals in my digital garden
or, how I'm using Screenotate to grab snippets of the web for my personal wiki
or, how I'm using Screenotate to grab snippets of the web for my personal wiki
Using Bookmarklets to Script Static Sites
Auto-generating text snippets using a little javascript and bookmarklet magic
Auto-generating text snippets using a little javascript and bookmarklet magic
May
April
The Strategic Independent
How to do better work for more money, whether you're a designer, writer or strategist.
How to do better work for more money, whether you're a designer, writer or strategist.
March
February
I, consultant?
The struggle to define who you are as an independent and the promise of charging more for your work
The struggle to define who you are as an independent and the promise of charging more for your work
Building a digital garden
How I built myself a simple wiki using folders and files and published via Jekyll
How I built myself a simple wiki using folders and files and published via Jekyll
January
2018
October
Who do I know in the kids book publishing world?
Erin's first illustrated book - Journey To The End Of The Night
Erin's first illustrated book - Journey To The End Of The Night
Of Digital Streams, Campfires and Gardens
Building personal learning environments across the different time horizons of information consumption
Building personal learning environments across the different time horizons of information consumption
September
The power of labels
How naming & labels can create powerful internal and external forces for independent workers
How naming & labels can create powerful internal and external forces for independent workers
July
June
How to get things done
Two interesting frameworks for trying to get things done within an organization
Two interesting frameworks for trying to get things done within an organization
May
April
March
February
Talking consulting on the Boundless podcast
Chatting with Paul about the future of work and consulting
Chatting with Paul about the future of work and consulting
January
2017
December
November
Privacy Glitch
A digital art project exploring the relationship between the visible and invisible in media.
A digital art project exploring the relationship between the visible and invisible in media.
October
September
July
June
The Beginner's Guide to Community Building
A roundup of links and guides for thinking about and building communities online.
A roundup of links and guides for thinking about and building communities online.
April
February
January
2016
December
November
October
Where will the next Twitter come from?
Twitter the company is in trouble, but Twitter the platform I believe will live on
Twitter the company is in trouble, but Twitter the platform I believe will live on
September
August
Why I've decided not to launch a brand for my consulting work
Personal branding is hard but I'm making progress!
Personal branding is hard but I'm making progress!
June
May
January
2015
September
In The Future We Will All Fall Madly in Love With Our Toasters
...and why the future of the Internet of Things will be the Cute Home, not the Smart Home
...and why the future of the Internet of Things will be the Cute Home, not the Smart Home
August
June
May
Mediated Maps & Digital Blind Spots
An experiment in looking at the world around me through a new lens
An experiment in looking at the world around me through a new lens
April
March
January
2014
December
April
February
2013
March
2012
November
April